- Name
- Mr. and Mrs. Ben Newman
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 4 Jan. 1975
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Mr. and Mrs. Ben Newman
- Number
- OH 19
- Subject
- Families
- Interview Date
- 4 Jan. 1975
- Quantity
- 1
- Interviewer
- Stephen Spiesman
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003.
- Use Restrictions
- Conditional access. Researchers must receive permission from the interviewee or their heir prior to accessing the interview. Please contact the OJA for more information.
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Ben Newman was born in July 1920 in St Catharines, Ontario. He married Sheila Gould from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Ben's father, Abraham, immigrated to St. Catharines from Russia in 1909, living with his aunt and uncle and helping them with their junk business. His wife, Mary, and two children followed later. Four more children were born in Canada: Norman, Benjamin, Rebecca, and Gordon. Benjamin took over the company after Abraham’s retirement and turned it into one of the largest steel manufacturers in Canada. Ben Newman was active in all phases of Jewish life in the community and was the first Jewish aldermen in St. Catharines, a position he held for several years.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Name Access
- Newman, Benjamin
- Newman, Sheila
- Geographic Access
- St. Catharines (Ont.)
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Jennie Goldstein and Mr. and Mrs. Boris Coopersmith
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 26 Jan. 1975
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Jennie Goldstein and Mr. and Mrs. Boris Coopersmith
- Number
- OH 147
- OH 148
- Subject
- Theater, Yiddish
- Interview Date
- 26 Jan. 1975
- Quantity
- 2
- Interviewer
- Stephen Spiesman
- Total Running Time
- OH147A: 44. minutes
- OH148B: 45. minutes
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Jennie Goldstein emigrated from Russia to Toronto in 1914. While living and working in the Ward, Jennie married Harry Goldstein, who was noted as both a "dresser" and an actor in Toronto's Lyric and Standard Theatres. After Harry's passing, Jennie became a supplier of costumes for the Yiddish theatre. In 1920, to help support the family, Jennie opened a deli stand alongside the original Shopsy's deli located in the area of Kensington Market. Jennie and Harry's daughter Bess married Boris Coppersmith whose parents, Yossel and Nessie, owned a variety store at Spadina Avenue and Baldwin Street.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Name Access
- Coopersmith, Bess
- Coopersmith, Boris
- Goldstein, Jennie
- Harris, Harry
- Lyric Theatre
- Pasternak, Chanina
- Speisman, Stephen
- Standard Theatre (Toronto, Ont.)
- Geographic Access
- St. John's Ward (Toronto, Ont.)
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Source
- Oral Histories
In this clip, Jennie Goldstein describes the early years of Toronto's Yiddish theatres such as the Tivoli and the Standard and cantors such as Harry Harris and Chanina Pasternak.
In this clip, Jennie Goldstein describes the performances and cantors of the Lyric Theatre circa 1914.
- Name
- Ralph Weber
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 3 Feb. 1987
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Ralph Weber
- Number
- OH 190
- OH 191
- Subject
- Cemeteries
- Hevra kaddisha
- Synagogues
- Interview Date
- 3 Feb. 1987
- Quantity
- 3 cassettes (2 copies)
- 3 WAV files
- Interviewer
- Stephen Spiesman
- AccessionNumber
- 1987-2-8
- Total Running Time
- OH190_001: 31.04 minutes OH190_002: 31.05 minutes OH191_001: 25 minutes
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Digitized November 2013
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Samuel Weber was born 1875 in Vilna, Russia and immigrated to Toronto in 1899. He began his career working in real estate and clothing manufacturing. Sam became the largest real-estate owner of rental housing in Toronto and was one of first builders of roads in the city. He organized and was president of the Toronto Hebrew Burial Society (Chesed Shel Emes). In 1906, he purchased the property today known as the Roselawn Cemetery. Sam was a member of Goel Tzedec Synagogue's building committee.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Language
- English
- Name Access
- Roselawn Cemetery
- Weber, Ralph
- Weber, Sam
- Geographic Access
- Toronto
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 190, OH 191 - Weber\OH190_001_Log.pdf
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 190, OH 191 - Weber\OH190_002_Log.pdf
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 190, OH 191 - Weber\OH191_001_Log.pdf
- Source
- Oral Histories